time two R-rated films grossed more than $21 million each during a weekend. On its opening weekend, Magic Mike attracted an audience of 73% females, with 43% of the audience being over the age of 35. Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution, said this phenomenon could be compared to Sex and the City, which had also appealed to large groups of women. Magic Mike was more successful in red states than in blue ones. Ticket sales in St. Louis and Nashville was more than 30% over the average. However ticket sales in New York City was 30% below the average. Critical response On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 78% based on 218 reviews, with an average rating of 6.90/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Magic Mike sensitive direction, smart screenplay, and strong performances allows audiences to have their beefcake and eat it too." On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating based reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 72 out of 100, based on 38 critics indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars, and wrote "Selling anyone the right to touch your genital area for a couple of bucks is not a good way to build self-esteem. Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike makes this argument with a crafty mixture of comedy, romance, melodrama and some remarkably well-staged strip routines involving hunky, good-looking guys." Kofi Outlaw of Screen Rant called the film, "a subtle social commentary on blue-collar struggle and the pitfalls of the American Dream." The movie also launched Academy Award buzz for Matthew McConaughey as Dallas. However, he was not selected for inclusion among the nominees, which was described as a "snub" by many. Top ten lists Magic Mike was listed on many critics' top ten lists. 2nd: Kyle Smith, New York Post 4th: Sam Adams, The A.V. Club 4th: Peter Knegt, Indiewire 5th: Guy Lodge, HitFix 5th: David Fear, Time Out New York 5th: Drew Taylor, Indiewire 6th: Rafer Guzmán, Newsday 6th: Melissa Anderson, The Village Voice 7th: Katie Walsh, Indiewire 7th: Elizabeth Weitzman, Daily News (New York) 9th: Gabe Toro, Indiewire 10th: Aaron Hills, The Village Voice Top 10 (ranked alphabetically): Richard Brody, The New Yorker Top 10 (ranked